Colorado Avalanche: News From Around the NHL April 24th, 2015

The Player's Tribune is always rather interesting read... this one is very touching and very hard. Daniel Carcillo writes about the loss of Steve Montador. [The Player's Tribune]

Is spending a lot of money on goalies bad? [The Globe and Mail]

Should the Hockey Hall of Fame should also be a Hall of Ethics? [Faceoff Circle]

Tom Wilson was speared in the groin. [SB Nation]

Knuckles vs Numners: Enforcers are a dying breed. [Grantland] {Video}

Hal Gill announced his retirement. [Broad Street Hockey]

Is Vegas a terrible place for a NHL team? [FiveThirthyEight]

NHL agitators in the playoffs: they play an important role, but where is the line? [National Post]

Mark Stone, Aaron Ekblad and Johnny Gaudreau are in the running for the Calder Trophy. [Toronto Sun]

Oilers set to announce Chiarelli hiring. [Sportsnet] {Video starts automatically}

A player the Avs drafted - but never signed - has won the Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the Ontario Hockey League's top overage player. That would be the Barrie Colts captain Joseph Blandisi. [The Barrie Examiner]

Crawford: Family of Champions book launch and movie screening to be held at Empire Theatre in Belleville. [Inside Belleville]